There aren’t many competitors in the field of MMA that can lay claim to being a “Strongest Man” titleholder and make a solid run in the sport.

One exception to the rule is Oli Thompson, who has so far amassed a 9-2-0 professional MMA record, picking up wins over former boxer Mark Potter and former UCMMA champion Ben Smith (from whom he took the belt), after making the transition from being Britain’s Strongest Man.

With only two losses on his record from the same legendary heavyweight tournament organized by ZT Fight Night, and the last of which he owes to fellow Briton Rob Broughton, it looks as though Thompson will be trying to make a statement to close out a successful 2011 campaign.